[PICS] BOM(VABB)

SEANDSILVA · Post by **SEANDSILVA** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:17 am

Jet Airways Boeing 777-35RER VT-JEF

Olympic Airlines Airbus A300B4-622R SX-BEM (a rare one @ BOM ,one of my favourite moments)!

SEANDSILVA · Post by **SEANDSILVA** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:57 am

Bahrain - Royal Flight Boeing 727-2M7(Adv) A9C-BA

TradeWinds Airlines Boeing 747-230B(SF) N531TA

Air-India Airbus A321-211 VT-PPF

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:01 am

If this is the case, I'd love to spend the whole day at this place and capture every plane that flies out of Mumbai in my camera. I guess you cannot get closer to planes than this...

Excellent shots and beautiful photography. Thanks SEANDSILVA!

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:57 am

excellent pics...like the B727 of Bahrain Royal flight with winglets.

BTW, how is the performance of B727 with and without winglets?

SEANDSILVA · Post by **SEANDSILVA** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:10 pm

Thanks railhans and AP-BGL! Unfortunately after the 26/11/08 terror attacks the Mumbai Police has taken over this spotting location and hence NO SPOTTING anymore!
The winglets are supposed to reduce fuel consumption and noise at low speeds. Also termed "Quiet" wings!

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:18 pm

SEANDSILVA wrote:Thanks railhans and AP-BGL! Unfortunately after the 26/11/08 terror attacks the Mumbai Police has taken over this spotting location and hence NO SPOTTING anymore!

How do you take pics then? Don't tell me you have some special connections with the Mumbai Police

SEANDSILVA · Post by **SEANDSILVA** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:09 pm

Hehe, far from any "connections" !

The shots are from my archives!

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:52 pm

I see... So how old these shots normally are? And whats the latest about your work these days? Are you talking shots by any means?

SEANDSILVA · Post by **SEANDSILVA** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:31 am

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:26 am

nice closeup but it could be extra ordinary when you capture it with complete titles Srilankan at least

SEANDSILVA · Post by **SEANDSILVA** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:11 pm

No longer with us...the venerable VT-EPX ! May she rest in peace!

The unforgettable ED FORCE ONE!

SEANDSILVA · Post by **SEANDSILVA** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:28 pm

Nasir · Post by **Nasir** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:50 pm

SEANDSILVA wrote:

I just loved the Jharoka window design on the original livery! The new design around the windows look like it's inspired from a mud-hut as opposed to a palace...

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:07 pm

The Air India Boeing 747 with palace windows paint work and large area below flight deck windows with black anti-dazzle paint looked great! It was one of my favourite liveries, very unique and different from other airline livery designs. I don't understand why anti-dazzle paint was changed from black to blue.

I read somewhere that palace windows livery was introduced on Air India's very first Boeing 747 in early 70s and livery was designed by faculty/students of arts department of a university in India.

Abbas

Nasir · Post by **Nasir** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:13 am

Most design features of the 70's livery were quite symbolic. Even the tail was a representation of the sail (baadbaan) of the small boats (nao) seen on India's many rivers.

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